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Valeria oleagina (Green-brindled Dot)

Synonyms: Bombyx oleagina (homotypic); Valeria olejaspidina

Wikipedia Abstract

The Green-brindled Dot (Valeria oleagina) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Southern Europe and Western Asia, east up to Iran and Ukraine. In Germany it is found up to the Eifel and Ahr. The wingspan is 34–38 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April depending on the location. The larvae feed on the leaves of Prunus spinosa north of the Alps. In the South they feed on Prunus and Crataegus species.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Hammelsberg u. Atzbüsch bei Perl 499 Germany  

Prey / Diet

Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)[1]
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0